A banner day for evil

Just another day in the life of evil.

In Pakistan, there was a mass murder at a church.

A suicide bomb attack on a historic church in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 52 people and wounded over 100 Sunday, officials said, in one of the worst assaults on the country’s Christian minority in years. 

The bombing underlines the threat posed by Islamic extremists as the government seeks a peace deal with domestic Taleban militants. 

It occurred as worshippers were coming out of the church in Peshawar city following services to get a free meal of rice offered on the front lawn, said a top government administrator, Sahibzada Anees.

In Iraq, there was a mass murder at a funeral.

Almost 100 people have died after two suicide bombers targeted a funeral in the Shi'ite neighbourhood of Sadr City in Baghdad. 

One bomber detonated his explosives-laden car as he drove up near a tent where mourners had gathered and another on foot blew himself up nearby. 

A third explosion followed as police, ambulances and firefighter were gathering at the scene.

In Kenya, there was a mass murder at a shopping center.

At least 59 people were killed and 175 injured in Saturday's attack on a Nairobi shopping centre, a Kenyan government minister has said. 

Joe Lenku said 1,000 people had managed to escape from the Westgate centre after the assault by suspected al-Shabab militants. 

He added that between 10 to 15 attackers were still in the building.

Only the truly sick in mind would call these killings just. The evil is clear.

We often hear that religion is somehow the cause of these murders. Yet these events have nothing to do with God. God did not sanction these acts. These acts of inglorious carnage are about power. These are primitive acts where one group of human animals is trying to intimidate another group. For example, a Christian minority has been used a scapegoat and targeted for violence in Pakistan. A Muslim minority targeted members of the Muslim majority during a funeral in Iraq. Somali Muslims killed supporters of the Kenya government in a shopping mall. It is about human beings behaving worse than animals. These murderers failed God.

We are talking about human beings that put power above all else. They feel powerful when other people fear them. It is a strong temptation. We have invested in the world's largest military because many Americans want others to fear us. America has used that military might frequently to kill people in other countries. God had nothing to do with it.

Gang bangers shoot up streets to create fear. Religious extremists do it for the same reason. God has nothing to do with any of it.

People kill others to steal their possessions, even parking places. No God in any of this.

The atheists have it all wrong when they blame violence on religion. In fact, Jesus said not to return evil for evil. Violence is merely a tool used by people that lust for what others have. I am shocked all these people that claim to be experts in human reason fail to see violence for what it is. Violence is a failure to love others. Last time I checked,  Jesus demanded his followers to love others, even our enemies.